Before James Corden became known to American audiences as host of “The Late, Late Show,” he became a theatrical star in the Royal National Theatre’s 2011 production of One Man, Two Guv…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:48PMThe American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Va received a huge outpouring of local and international support for its “Keep the Lights On” campaign. Artistic Director Ethan McSweeny prev…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:42PMLocal PBS affiliate WETA will be airing an encore presentation of Puccini’s famous opera Madama Butterfly this Sunday, March 29, at 12:00 noon. The Metropolitan Opera’s fall 2019 produ…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:54PMAdam Gwon’s chamber musical Ordinary Days is ostensibly the story of four young adults searching for love and their “life stories” in New York City. Yet the real love story at the he…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:12PMThe King’s Speech, the true royal story told in an Academy Award-winning 2010 film, brings its American debut as a play to the National Theatre. Early in, King George V (who in 1932 beca…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:36PMWatching Rorschach Theatre’s production of Toxic Avenger: The Musical, I wondered what it is about this show that makes it seem as indestructible as its mutant monster hero? Toxic Avenger:…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:06PMAre there any two more painful and provocative words in the English language than “what if”? Steven Dietz’s Bloomsday is a sensitive time-bending romance looking at one consequential…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:32PMAnyone watching television this week has probably viewed the onslaught of commercials for the Memorial Day weekend opening of Aladdin. It is the first of three major releases based on Broadw…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:24PMThe Brothers Size is a deceptively simple three-character play that tackles themes of brotherhood, devotion, and freedom. It is receiving an outstanding production at 1st Stage. The story …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:48AMLocal playwright Patrick Flynn has spent the last two years developing his new comedy about growing up and proving how“adults can be idiots, just like children.” Sheila and Moby recei…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:48PMThe challenge of finding a fresh take on any play by The Bard has foiled many an artist, but Avant Bard joyfully clears that hurdle with Illyria, or What You Will, a clever reimagining of Tw…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:32PMIn its annual October Season Preview issue, American Theatre magazine has released its lists of the Top 10 Most-Produced Plays (11 this year due to a tie) . Ten of those plays have eith…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:12AMA war hero returns to his hometown after 17 years with a new wife with hopes for a new life. Yet the scandalous circumstances of his departure and long-standing regrets challenge his plans…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:32PMUnscripted is an apt name for an improvisational performance. The show is performed by two members of the improv company VI Lenin. While Unscripted demonstrates their skill and offers so…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:12AMGiven our divisive culture and the omnipresence of superheroes in our movie theaters, along comes this light-hearted riff on the whole hero-villain dichotomy, including who decides who is …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:54AMOn the Eve questions turning points in three famous stories, in which characters make decisions “on the eve of when the ordinary becomes extraordinary” to quote the Capital Fringe summa…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:54AMThe Essential Theatre’s new play People for Whom the World Spins and Turns is best described by its subtitle A World Premiere Play about Addiction & Recovery. It is a thoughtful and…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:04AMTwo 19-year-old Yeshiva students set out on a mission to support less-dedicated Jews on the streets of New York, but their faith and friendship are tested in the world premiere of Lindsay Du…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:04PMIf you love musicals but aren’t in the mood for a familiar warhorse, then head out to 1st Stage in Tysons’ Corner for the area debut of Fly By Night. You will find, as I did, a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:42AMOne of the joys of theatre is seeing a classic play presented in a surprising manner that gives new life to the story. Brave Spirits Theatre’s lively production of Coriolanus once again …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:12PMIn Julia Cho’s Aubergine, a Korean-American chef deals with his dying father. Cho uses food as the cornerstone for a sensitive though meandering meditation on the difficulties of family, c…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:52AMLaura Schellhardt’s Digging Up Dessa tell the story of a troubled teenager who copes with a family tragedy through her interest in fossils. This world premiere production, commissioned b…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:11PMIf your theatre tastes favor new and challenging works, Scena Theatre’s world premiere of Guilt is worthy of your consideration with its interesting mélange of light comedy, dark tragedy…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:25PMPerhaps in years to come we will better appreciate the horrors of the battle of Aleppo, Syria which stretched from 2012-2016. Playwright Darcy Parker Bruce makes a valiant attempt to rende…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:24PMThe Hub Theatre adds a new production to the canon of Christmas stories with its world premiere of Anne M. McGraw’s Peekaboo! A Nativity Play. Described as a “heartfelt farce” with…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:54AMFans of the Glee TV show and the Pitch Perfect films were thrilled by the performances of GOBSMACKED! at the Kennedy Center. The show earns the all caps, the exclamation mark, and the subt…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:48AMI’ll Get You Back Again uses a band’s reunion as the basis for a combined comedy, drama, memory play, and meditation on the meaning of life. While the Round House Theatre world premi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:06AMA year-long international celebration of the life of Leonard Bernstein called “Bernstein at 100” received its official launch at a memorable, one-night-only show Bernstein on Broadway i…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:54AMThanks to the Washington Post’s This is Your Brain on Art we understand what you and I have known all along – that nothing quite compares to live performaning. But great theatre can…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:33PMClover is the story of a 19th century socialite, Marion “Clover” Hooper Adams who was a participant and keen observer of the Washington, DC scene in the Gilded Age of the 1870s and 1880s…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:42PMMiche Braden is the biggest force of nature this side of Hurricane Harvey. She personifies the “Empress of the Blues” Bessie Smith with a powerful voice, enormous talent, a powerful st…
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